Headteacher is enjoying new role

Janet Thompson has taken over at Dorothy Goodman School after 10 years as an Ofsted inspector

Janet Thompson, who has taken over as headteacher of Hinckley's Dorothy Goodman School

Dorothy Goodman School’s new headteacher Janet Thompson says she is “very much enjoying” her new role, after taking the reigns of Hinckley’s much-loved special educational needs establishment in September last year.

Janet, who follows former headteacher Tony Smith, has had a busy start to her time in the town but says the students at the school make it all worthwhile.

An Ofsted schools inspector for 10 years before taking up the post, this is the third special educational needs (SEN) headship that Janet has held.

During her time as one of Her Majesty’s Inspector’s (HMI) she was national advisor for special educational needs across England.

This week, after encouraging pupils to get involved with Sport Relief, Janet told The Hinckley Times: “I am enjoying it very much.

“What makes it is the students, the pupils. They are super. And it’s being able to folow their progress and their achievements and celebrate their achievements which makes the job all worthwhile.”

She said it was also good to work with a consistent group of staff, instead of moving from school to school as she did in her previous role as an HMI.

Dorothy Goodman School currently teaches around 240 pupils aged from four to 19 from school sites at Stoke Road and Middlefield Lane, and in classes at Redmoor Academy, Hastings High School and John Cleveland College, where more able pupils have the chance to sit GCSEs.

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